Coin-controlled operating mechanism



April 7, 1925.

W. W. WATSON COIN CONTROLLED OPERATING MECHANISM Filed April 12 192? April 7, 1925.

w. w. WATSON 'GDIN CONTROLLED OPERATING MECHANISM Filed April 12 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 7, 1925.

WILLIAM w. warson, or noonnsvimin, annnnmn'.

co n-CONTRO LEDornnnrrne MncHAnrsM.

Application filed April 12, 1922. Serial No. 551,838.

To all whom it may concern: 7

vBe it known that '1, WILLIAM WATSON, a citizen of: the United States, residing at Bogersville, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a (loin-Controlled Operating 'Mechanis'm and I-"do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe in vention, such as "will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and' use the same;

' "This invention relates to operating mechanism; One"particular object is to provide a means whereby a telephone or other instrumentpannot be usedor oper'atedeither to transmit or receive "a message withoutdeposit or collection of a disk which may be a'c'oin, token or'the' like'of proper denomination or value representing a charge for'its 'i'ise'or service. i

' Another important object is to provide a constructionwhich may be readily at tached to a telephone Without necessitating any alteration in its structure.

A further object is to provide a mechanism having a controlling element in combination with a detent to normally prevent its actuation and to receive the disk or coin thereagainst together with means to move the coin to displace the detent from detaining engagement with the controlling element.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawings illustrating one operative embodiment. v

In said drawings T Figure 1 is a view in side elevation illustrating the improved mechanism in connection witha telephone;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the parts of Figure 1 but showing the closure of the mechanism open to disclose details;

Figure 3 is a plan view of the parts of Figure 1; l

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4- 4: of Figure 2, taken on a plane passing through the deposit chute;

Figure 5 is'ahorizontal sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view on a coin-controlled the line 66of. Figure 1 showing the controlling elements detained, and

Figure 7 s a Vi w) s mil r-ta Figure 6 b s owi g co n Wi in the tu e the detentdisplaced. a f ike re e ce ch acter design e l ke r simi r p t n th d i rentviews- In reducing the invention to practice, a suita le housing or c sing is p o d d such is gener ly es gn te 10., prefer y having a door enclosure 11 hinged thereto as at 112, and normally maintained closed by suitable lock mechanism atj18. C sing 10 is adapted to be secured in any approved manner and to any appropriate sup o 'rt, for instance directly to the telephone boX 'or structure as conventionally represented at A. The usual telephone receiver is'ishown at B and the supporting'arm or hook therefor is designatedO. This supporting arm is of usual construction, adapted to move upwardly under urgency of a spring or other means in order to place the telephone parts in an operative position. Slidable vertically in the casing 10 as through a slot at 14 in its top wall is a controlling bar or element 15 which is adapted tobe connected to the support O in any suitable manner. 7 To this end, a clip 16,01? U- shapefinay straddle the supporting element C loosely and befastened pivotally to the bar 15 by means of a bolt or the'likefat 17. The loose connection at 16 with the hook C provides a slip joint to compensate for the swinging movement of the hook C as compared with the sliding movement of thecontrolling element or bar 15. V

The casingv 10 may have a base or rear wall at 18 and suitably secured thereto is a'gui'de bracket 20 having a loop at 21 in which the bar 15is directlyslidable.

The sliding movement of the bar, or element 15 is adapted to be controlled by "a suitable disk, coin,token or the like andv to this end a deposit or receiving chute isIprov l accidental"disengagement of the detent and and at its inner edge is provided with an elongated slot as at 26. V

A detent 27 is associated with the control element to extend through and move in the slot 26 and at one end 28 be disposed within the chute 22 to-intercept-the passage of acoin or the like therethrough. lhe other end of the detent which is designated 29 is normally engageable with a lug 30, suitably provided on theelement 15 and having an upstanding flange 31 to prevent element. b r

r A' bracket 31 may be fastened at 32 to the base 18 to which the detent 27 is pivoted at 33, Integral with the bracket 31" is a flange 34. which may bebent' over as shown so as to make the bracket 31 substantially U-shaped in cross section to better guide the detent 27 and a coin or disk moving lever 35 which is also disposed on the bracket 31' and pivoted thereto as at'86, Lever 35 normally extends slightly into the slot 26 at one end and its other end extends through an enlarged slot 88 in the controlling element 15. I The bracket 31 is suitably slotted as at 88 in or'de'rto permit the movement of the levers 2'7 and 25. y p

In the event the telephone is to be oper- "ated, either to receive a message or transmit a message, thereceiver B is lifted as usual but the support C can not swing upwardly as is usual and necessary until the proper coin, token, disk or the like has been deposited in'therchute 22. If it should be attempted to raise the control element 15 in order to release the hook C, the-lug will engage the detent 27 which will thus prohibit verticalmov'ement of the controlling element to release said hook C. In order to' operate the device, the coin should be de posited in the tube 22 before the receiver B is lifted from the hook C. When the coin is deposited, it strikes the end 28,swinging tlieleveroutwardly' slightly atthe end 29 and downwardly and inwardly at the end 28. Such movement of the lever moves it out of the path of movement of the flange at 31. -Under urgencv of the spring (not shown) ofthe usual hook C, upon the re- 7 ceiver B being removed from that hook, the

bar 15- will slide upwardly and due to its connection at slot 38 with the bar 15, lever -will be moved downwardly in the chute in contact with the coin or disk which is designatedjl), causing. said coin by its .contact with the end 28 of lever 27' to so tilt the lever27that thelatters free end cannot engage thelug 30to the end that the coin will be forced past lever 27 in. order to fall t'rom the tube into the bottom of the casing from-which the coins may be removed from time to time at the closure .11. After the the last mentioned lever be resorted to provided they fall within the by appended claims. I claim as'm'y invention spirit and scopeof'ithe invention as defined bination with' a controlling member nor= mally urged toward its position of opera- 1 In a coin-controlled apparatus, i'n cointion, a bracket, a detent lever pivoted onthe bracket and extending loosely through the controlling member, said lever adapted to receive a coin thereagainst *to move said lever out of engaging position with said controlling member when said controlling mem ber moves to its positionof operation, means on the controlling member engageableby the detent. lever to normally resist :fefi'ective movement ofthe' controlling member, and means associated with said bracket and said controlling member operable through movement of the controllingmember toward said position to move a coinp'ast said detent lever.

. 2. In a coin-controlled apparatus, incom- -.bination with a controlling member 'normally urged toward its position ofoperation, a bracket, a lever pivoted to said bracket and extending loosely through said controlling member, said lever being en-- gageable with the controlling member to res1stefl'ective movement thereof, said lever adapted to receive a coin-thereagainst -to move said lever out'ofengagin'g position with said controlling member when said controlling member moves to'its position of operation, a lever pi'voted'tosaid bracket and engageable withsaid'coin, and the second mentioned lever extending throughthe controlling element whereby" it '-1'will be actuated by movement of the controlling element toward said p osition to move the coin past the first mentioned leverfi. I I

3. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a coin chute provided with a slot, a slidable'controlling element, levers operable inisaid slot and extending loosely through slots in said controlling element, a'lug on the controlling element associated withfone of said levers,

adapted-to'ihave a coin deposited th'ereagainst through the chute in. order to move the last named lever out of engaging position with said control- I hng'member when said controlling member moves to its position'of operation, and'dthe other lever being operable against the said I coin to move thev coin past the other lever; Y telephone has been used, the lever B is replaced on the hook C 'whichdepresses' the l. In a coin-controlled apparatus, a coin chute providedwith a slot, a slidable controlling element, levers operable in said slot and-extending loosely through slots in said controlling element, a lug on the controlling element associated with one of said levers, the last mentioned lever adapted to have a coin deposited thereagainst through the chute in order to move the last named lever, and the other lever being operable against the said coin to move the coin past the other 19 lever, a bracket to Which said levers are 1 pivoted, a flange on said bracket overlap- In testimony whereof I afiiX my signa- 15 ture in presence of two Witnesses.

' WILLIAM W. WVATSON;

' Witnesses:

IRA H. BEDINGFIELD, WALTER 1V1. W ATSON. 

